Highest-paying Cities for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

The top 100 highest paying cities for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $66,550, Flint, Michigan is the highest paying city for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. It is followed by Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan (average annual salary $59,840). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Flint, Michigan	$66,550	$33,900	480
2	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$59,840	$31,710	680
3	Peabody, Massachusetts	$54,240	$29,670	30
4	Lincoln, Nebraska	$52,040	$32,810	170
5	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$51,400	$35,620	90
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$50,380	$37,530	550
7	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$50,370	$30,930	120
8	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$49,750	$32,070	80
9	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$49,010	$30,800	290
10	Bellingham, Washington	$48,980	$37,830	30
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$48,820	$37,410	730
12	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$48,410	$31,200	30
13	Longview, Washington	$48,330	$39,310	50
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$48,120	$38,010	1,280
15	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$47,980	$21,910	40
16	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$47,970	$37,270	210
17	Reading, Pennsylvania	$47,940	$39,270	480
18	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$47,910	$34,600	13,370
19	Kansas City, Missouri	$47,630	$35,030	1,080
20	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$47,450	$34,570	130
21	Prescott, Arizona	$47,440	$35,200	30
22	Wichita Falls, Texas	$47,410	$31,430	90
23	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$47,360	$31,740	590
24	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$47,150	$30,750	330
25	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$47,140	$35,990	470
26	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$47,050	$37,400	720
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$47,020	$37,860	880
28	Ames, Iowa	$46,970	$34,600	50
29	Boulder, Colorado	$46,940	$37,530	80
30	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$46,870	$31,250	140
31	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$46,810	$37,460	70
32	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,640	$36,700	450
33	Carson City, Nevada	$46,600	$28,990	50
34	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$46,480	$32,100	1,340
35	Bend, Oregon	$46,480	$38,080	50
36	Topeka, Kansas	$46,450	$34,420	70
37	St Cloud, Minnesota	$46,380	$26,670	80
38	Merced, California	$46,300	$35,740	50
39	Modesto, California	$46,190	$36,510	130
40	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$46,180	$35,280	80
41	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$46,170	$40,590	30
42	Grand Island, Nebraska	$46,070	$39,760	310
43	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$46,010	$36,240	60
44	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$46,000	$36,390	490
45	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$45,950	$31,820	50
46	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$45,920	$32,120	50
47	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$45,830	$35,930	90
48	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$45,770	$34,870	320
49	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$45,760	$34,650	420
50	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$45,590	$32,500	3,440
51	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,520	$36,350	530
52	Albany, Oregon	$45,220	$35,740	100
53	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$45,060	$28,760	920
54	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$45,050	$36,890	1,500
55	Missoula, Montana	$45,000	$33,930	30
56	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$44,940	$32,950	140
57	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$44,910	$40,010	40
58	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$44,880	$34,080	270
59	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,800	$33,290	3,610
60	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$44,570	$37,840	720
61	Tallahassee, Florida	$44,570	$33,160	40
62	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$44,550	$36,710	180
63	Mobile, Alabama	$44,410	$31,270	150
64	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,390	$35,550	1,200
65	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$44,270	$33,990	970
66	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$44,120	$38,470	60
67	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$43,990	$26,610	50
68	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$43,890	$30,490	160
69	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$43,680	$32,410	3,310
70	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$43,620	$33,070	230
71	Stockton, California	$43,610	$35,070	170
72	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$43,570	$35,150	210
73	Montgomery, Alabama	$43,500	$28,150	320
74	Dubuque, Iowa	$43,500	$35,870	130
75	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$43,490	$32,220	470
76	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$43,460	$32,900	540
77	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$43,430	$26,570	40
78	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$43,420	$31,140	250
79	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$43,330	$31,930	750
80	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$43,300	$26,640	40
81	Joplin, Missouri	$43,130	$31,250	160
82	Billings, Montana	$43,090	$27,150	40
83	Appleton, Wisconsin	$43,060	$36,550	400
84	Bloomington, Indiana	$43,030	$28,350	100
85	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$42,850	$29,860	90
86	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$42,760	$35,570	50
87	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$42,700	$32,260	40
88	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$42,690	$33,490	50
89	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$42,690	$33,750	90
90	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$42,660	$31,900	80
91	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,480	$30,200	1,250
92	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$42,390	$34,390	4,990
93	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$42,390	$29,190	70
94	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$42,320	$31,910	500
95	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$42,310	$32,650	200
96	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$42,310	$33,530	90
97	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$42,170	$34,390	190
98	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,160	$36,120	690
99	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$42,160	$35,260	200
100	Salt Lake City, Utah	$42,140	$36,540	670

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